Monument record 2657/1/14 - Romano-British Villa Boundary Wall With Possible Attached Structures

{1} A foundation trench forms a right-angled corner of what has been interpreted as a boundary wall for Weldon Roman Villa lying just 50m to the south and on the same alignment. Limestone rubble and mortar disturbed by subsequent robbing of the wall material fills the foundation cut. It is possible that the ditch extending south-eastwards from the trapezoidal enclosure to the north-west (Mon 2657/0/14) formed a precursor to this boundary wall.
Aligned parallel to the boundary wall, on the villa side, were the remnants of a possible beam slot. This may have formed part of a lean-to structure set against the boundary wall.
A further possible beam slot was aligned parallel to the boundary wall at a distance of 5.2m northward on the exterior side. The remains were fragmentary, although the beam slot can be traced extending along the north-eastern length of the wall. Again this may represent some form of lean-to structure set against the wall, or perhaps even a roofed walkway around the exterior of the property.

<1> Hall R., 2008, Excavations at Priors Hall, Northamptonshire, 2006: An Iron Age and Romano-British Ironworking Complex, p.33-34 (checked) (Report). SNN106586.

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Feb 6 2015 9:46AM